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Christopher Bell

About Me

To Contact Me -(in the event you do not have a myspace)
Email - thechrisbell (at) gmail (dot) com
Or on aim at anavirin33c
Bio
From Upstate NY, Christopher Bell is a chamber music influenced, Folk/Alt-Country multi-instrumentalist. He blends guitar and banjo with plucked and bowed viola, looped and sampled live. His Full Length "I'll Be Home" and his new EP have both been released on Silent Home Records. In the past three years Bell has spent over eighteen months on the road across 42 states and even embarked on a 550 mile canoe tour across NY state's Erie Canal and Hudson River
Press
Southcoast247.com review of I'll Be Home
Americana UK review of I'll Be Home"
Aiding and Abetting
Colby Echo
American News - Aberdeen
RadarBird review of I'll Be Home
Smile Politely
NY Times
Weekend America
NPR
Buffalo News
Buffalo Rising
Freetime Magazine
Concord Monitor
Skope Magazine
Going Coastal
Noah's Ark Podcast
Buffalo Rising
Christopher on the CBS Evning News. August 8th, 2008.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 14/01/2005
Band Website: www.silenthomerecords.com
Band Members: Chris Bell -

On "tough luck, we tried, now lets go back"

Megan Seastedt - Vocals
Pat Post - Piano

On "I'll Be Home"

Jacinta Whitcome - Guitar, Vocals
Ian Jones- Upright Bass
Jon Bell - Drums

I'll Be Home can be purchased many ways.
Digitally from Itunes

Directly from our label Silent Home Records (our personal favourite)

From CD baby

Influences: Loudon Wainwright III, Nina Nastasia, Randy Newman, Black Eyes, lullaby for the working class

Towns I've played in
Pheonix AZ, Flagstaff AZ(4 times), San Francisco CA, Soquel CA, Sacramento CA(3 times), Ventura CA(3 times), Long Beach CA, Santa Barbara CA, San Diego (2 times), Putnam CT, New London CT, Danbury CT(3 times), Hartford CT, Orlando FL(countless times), Jacksonville FL, Cocoa Beach FL, Melbourne FL, Tampa FL(3 times), Clearwater FL, Sarasota FL, Macon GA(4 times), Savannah GA(2 times), Atlanta GA(3 times), Athens GA(3 times), Belleville IL(4 times), Peoria IL, Champaign IL, Chicago IL(numerous times), Evansville IN, Bloomington IN, Indianapolis(4 times), Muncie IN, Ft Wayne IN, Montpelier IN, Lafayette(2 times) ,Dubuque IA, Des Moines IA(3 times), Altoona IA(2 times), Ames IA, Wichita KS(2 times), Overland Park KS(2 times), Louisville KY(2 times), Lexington KY(4 times), Lewiston ME(2 times), Bel Air MD, Worcester MA(2 times) Dudley MA, Boston MA(6 times), Lowell MA, Pittsfield MA, Lynn MA, Sturbridge MA, Detroit MI(3 times), Ypsilanti MI(2 times), Lansing MI, Grand Rapids(3 times), Minneapolis MN, Duluth MN, Kansas City MO, St Louis MO, Springfield MO, Helena MT, Bozeman MT, Lincoln NE, Omaha NE (3 times), Keene NH, Concord NH, Trenton NJ, Albuquerque NM, Santa Fe NM, New York NY(4 times), Poughkeepsie NY, New Paltz NY, Troy NY(2 times), Schenectady NY (5 times), Binghamton NY(3 times), Utica NY, Syracuse NY(2 times), Ithaca NY(3 times), Rochester NY(3 times), Baldwinsville NY, Spencerport NY, Buffalo NY(countless times), Corning NY, Dryden NY, Jamestown NY(countless times), Fredonia NY(2 times), Delevan NY, Brant NY, Frewsburg NY(3 times), Allegany NY, Wilmington NC(4 times), Greenville NC, Raleigh NC, Boone NC, Greensboro NC(3 times),Asheville NC, Charlotte NC (3 times), Bismarck ND, Fargo ND(2 times), plus more later.....
Sounds Like: Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, Simon Joyner
Record Label: Silent Home Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Psycho Tim

Sunday I took part in "Girls Night Out" a variable drink and bitch at the Wine Cellar.  The night was fairly unremarkable, beer consumed, stories told. It wasn't until we retired to the smoking room u...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:49:00 GMT

Done Digging

Thanks for the support everyone. I'm not quitting, I just had to vent 4 years of collective musical/booking/life troubles in one swoop, that included with a quick run has fixed me for now. chris
Posted by on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:39:00 GMT

Digging Myself A Hole

I told myself I would not write a blog in anger, but this has been stewing far too long. As of the end of January I have been engaged in booking shows for 4 years now. Sure I might take a few days off...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:32:00 GMT

Oh, Petroleum Jelly

I have in my possession a canister of petroleum jelly. A very old canister. In fact I have had it as long as I can remember. I used to use on my chapped lips when I was a kid and on my dry hands after...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:59:00 GMT

Thought

Somedays I wonder what Scott Bakula is doing at this exact moment.
Posted by on Sat, 29 Nov 2008 03:45:00 GMT

Scott Joplin and the Anime Swimsuit Contest

Waiting for my old laptop to finish its diagnostic so I can watch Boston Legal on abc.com whilst also purveying Idaho for suitable venues to complete my Master List. I noticed a curious phrase "Anime ...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:14:00 GMT

Hypocrisy

After lambasting JJ Abrams newest motion picture effort. I spent 1.5 hours watching the first two episodes of Lost and enjoying myself. but a quote I once heard said: "the great thing about being a h...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:26:00 GMT

On Upcomming Movies

I was privilege enough to see the new star trek trailer today online. and it proves that I am either A) scared of change B) not a fan of JJ Abrams "sexing up" of my favorite multimedia franchise. fas...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:47:00 GMT

Times are a changing.

it seems the common cover for singer-songwriters has changed from the over-played "hallelujah" to the becoming over-played "House of the Rising Sun." so i implore you bands of renown, non-renown and m...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:30:00 GMT

Bar Hopping in Warren, PA

last night, Frank Besse and I decided to see if the grass was really greener on the other side of the fence and headed to warren, pa. Our mission, to find "the cool bar" of warren, an attempt to find ...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:18:00 GMT